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Why is giving each their own page a waste of space? Even if it is only a one sentence stub, it might be interesting to someone and their mother. No one else wi
by snprbob86 17y ago
Why is giving each their own page a waste of space?
Even if it is only a one sentence stub, it might be interesting to someone and their mother. No one else will ever know it is there, but a tiny piece of history, no matter how insignificant it may seem now, will be preserved. It's not hurting anybody.
Imagine if some YC startup did some interesting things, but ultimately failed and was promptly forgotten. Two years later, the same team builds something fantastic rooted firmly in the work they had done previously. This new startup becomes an astonishing success. Suddenly, that prior effort (especially why it failed) is noteable. Oh noez! We deleted it!
It is arrogant for any individual or even any group to believe they have any knowledge of what was, is, or will be noteable.
- ErrantX 17y agoThat makes the assumption that failure of the company is something that the notability of "something interesting" would be judged on... Which in my experience is not the case: if it was interesting or unique people will write about it - and then it is notable. (wikipedia is not really for recording primary information; that makes it a little useless)